New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-17

| With eueh a dignity Of demeanor that sally
eyes laughed and wondered all In one ,; oaa.o
listening apparently with extreme deie,en0o ~
the words Of wisdom which ieh iro"' LIB ''''
panion's lips. D,u,-.
1T is a pretty scene is it not said Dinora
| turninO IA CLAUDE with an admirable imitation Oh
Iadv Veras most perfect society manner. linen,
catching sight Of the telegram, she nnS""'N
back to the house to bear 1T to her aunt. u. ..na
| Dinah is the good niece, explAlneo S"hS' "
| I am the wicked niece
Tbis sad condition does not apparently distress
| you much said Sandle. -.
| NO. I rise superior to it, say to myself,
sally Bethune, you are NAUGHTY put nice;
| Then Dinora returned and giving Sally
| friendly nod, said "A three days reprieve. Not
Until Thursday evering by the $3.50 train.
Claude wondered why Miss Bethune clasped her
hands in such an exuberance Of delight and
| why she murmured-
THE execution is deferred
The rest of the day sped all too swiftly. 1hcre
| were moments when Sally's spirits threatened 10
break bounds, and when Dinora drew herseli up
in such portentous dignity that Claude was
struck with amazement; though after time IL
was noticeable that Sandie Mc!avish greeted
these majestic airs with suppressed delight How
the hours flew As twilight fell Sally insisted
that every one should relate the most thrilling
ghost story which they knew. And Sandle was
persuaded to tell the tale Of the shadowy hand
of his Border Castle.
appears
before his DEATH he said MY grandfather was
the last to see it, lie was sitting one summer
afternoon In his study when he saw the shadow
of great hand appear suddenly on the wall IL
approached nearer and nearer until it stopped on
| the wall just above my grandfather's head
Sally shivered What did he doT
lie moved his chair out into the middle OF the
| ROOM He was a canny Scot, and he said that he
did not like manifestations, had an objection to
| shadowy hands coming near his bald head
| oh dreadful Good night and Sally jumped
| up. Dinora, do come up stairs with me- or
! shall feal as if shadowy hands were pursuing me-
| Good night, Mr.. Brummell.'
'How cold your hands are = he said.
| Colo hands, warm heart she answered brightly
'Yes.' he said gravely, there is nothing shadowy
| or unreal about YOU
| Both Gu that and on the two following nights
| Lady Vera fell asleep in peace. For Dlnora was
able to give her perfectly truthful account OF
days spent in decorous amuscments and Oliver
| will be here tomorrow she added. sadly, on
Wednesday night. Whereupon Lady Vera sighed
thankfully.
Come Get up! Get up Get upl Lazy
bones p were the words which greeted Dinora's
ears on the fateful Thursday morning, while
Sally enforced them by shaking her cousin tll
| the bed rocked. Get up at once, Dinah. have
got the most lovely idea
oh, don't. Please DON'T begged nnora pa
theticaly. visions OF past lovely and hazardous
| pranSs foated before her eyes.
| Don't what? Don't shake you !?
No. Don't have any lovely ideas, Sally. l
| know so well what they are, and l really dread
| Them
Nonsense it is all very we'll for you to
| initiate Aunt Vera when you are down stairs but
| / know that you love fun quite as much as
| do. Get up. Dinah. Don't waste this heavenly
day in bed l feel that / simply must make the
most of my last day of freedom, and l mean to
| signalize it,
'Uh dear ? gasped Dinora, in unfcigned alarm.
You remember the old Aunt Sally which is
| living somewhere in the lofts l am going 10
turn her into a lovely Guy Fawkes, and then we
| will carry it in procession round the lawn and
burn it in the orchard. Dinora's eyes grew
round with horror So be quick and get dressed
| shall have finished the Guy before the men
appear. and we shall have a grand bonfire after
| breakfast.
| will have nothing to do with it, cried
Dinora, but she looked half delighted, and even
as she spoke she reflected that as she could not
stop Sally in her extravagances she might as
| well share in the revery.
| Il wonder whether Mr.. Brummel has an old
hat that he does not want. My Guy looks rather
| like rag doll as yet. and an old pot hat would
| give him such a stylish air. DO you know
I)inora, l rather like Mr.. Brummcll, and l feel
| that am becoming overpowcred Dy desire 10
see how far can plague him before he loses his
temper do like to see that odd expression which
| comes a mans face when he is not quite
sure whether he would Like TO eat you or to
| beat YOU
Dinora yawned. stretching her round white arms
above her head. Sally Sally she said, shaking
her finger to point her speech you have given
your young affections away, wisely
oh ? with a groan of despair.
Take care that you now do not give them away
| too well, and-tO another person. But before
her speech ended Sally had disappeared and
| could be heard dancing down the corridor.
| The Guy was finished by 10 o'clock. and just
| as Dinora was presiding over the breakfast table
and conversing graciously with her guests Sally
| appeared on the lawn, parading her handiwork
in the big whcelbarrow, and followed by an old
spaniel and six yelping, tumbling puppies. who
were snafling and growing with rage at the black
Grape bandages tied round their necks in token Of
mourning.
What disreputablc old Guyp said Sandie,
stepping ont of the open window all ready for
the fray. But, Miss Bethunc, your chief mourncrs
are behaving rather badly. They could hardly
i be described 10 mutes.'
They are Guys nearest relatives said Sally
| with grim and they are inconsOlable'
| who is he like p asked Claude, looking at the
old Aunt Sally. whose face was painted into
| villmous representation of with mutton
chop whiskers, and whose usually toothless mouth
was now adorned with set Of perfect teeth
| Aunt Vera's best set = said Dnora TO herself,
with an expression Of stony horror.
Who is he liker he Iepearted. HIS face re-
minds me so much Of some one have seen but
cannot remember whO.'
Sally laughed mlscnievousy. The original is
man whom adore. He possesses all my young at
fectiOns she said, and she saw that the wished
Tor odd expression came stealing over Claude's
face she danced round the barrow and then trun-
oiled 1t Oft the direction of the orchard. But tine
bonfire had not been lighted and she SGT her bur-
den upon the cucumber frames.
1t will make a capital tattie bogle' said Sande.
Dinora looked on IN amusement, while Sally clasped
her hands, aud at that moment Lady Veras maid
came stepping across the orchard with the message
that her mistress had seen Miss Bethune from her
windows as she crossed the lawn, and that she
wished Miss Bethune to come to her room as soon
as she returned to the house. DInora shook her
head In dismas. but Sally gave one despairing cry
and then fed to the sbrubbery, where she and
Claude spent the remainder of the day beneath the